After exhausting all different investigative avenues, the Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Workplace wants the general public’s assist figuring out an individual discovered on the Potranco Path alongside Leon Creek almost one yr in the past.
The particular person was found by a fisherman who discovered a human cranium in a physique of water close to the Leon Creek Greenway North Park Path on Could 12, in keeping with San Antonio police.
On the time of the invention, KSAT reported police believed the cranium belonged to an individual experiencing homelessness who lived close by and suspected “no foul play.”
The unidentified particular person discovered is described as a white or Hispanic particular person over 60 years outdated with higher dental implants, presumably accomplished in Mexico, in keeping with the health worker’s workplace. Officers launched an artist rendering on April 15 asking if anybody acknowledges the particular person.
San Antonio Police mentioned the case was deemed a suicide. The way of loss of life is undetermined and an post-mortem report just isn’t accessible to the general public till the particular person has been recognized, in keeping with the ME’s workplace.
Some say there was a rise in homeless encampments in wooded areas alongside the town’s 100-plus mile path system.
In latest months, a number of violent crimes together with foul play have been reported on the practice system from lacking individuals circumstances to unsolved homicides and arson. The San Antonio Police Division oversees the Park Police unit, which patrols and investigates crimes on native trails.
The Bexar County Sheriff’s Workplace continues to analyze the murder of Stacey Dramiga, a beloved well being care employee whose physique was discovered at Dafoste Park in September.
The loss of life of 28-year-old Mariadelis Labrador Siles who went lacking on the Northwest Facet of San Antonio additionally stays below investigation. Her physique was discovered by an overpass close to Helotes Creek.
Extra unidentified victims
The health worker’s workplace says it’s engaged on a number of circumstances to determine individuals whose stays have been discovered within the metropolis. This implies they aren’t in a position to determine the stays via fingerprints, DNA, dental/medical data, or visible identification.
After a while, the county lays the particular person to relaxation via its pauper burial program.
One other individual that has not but been recognized is a white male between 40 and 60 years outdated, was discovered on a bridge over the San Antonio River close to the Acequia Path Park on Could 29, 2021. He was 5’8” and weighed about 140 lbs. He had one tattoo of a flag, coronary heart, and ribbon on his left higher arm.
One other unidentified white male between 30 and 60 years outdated was present in July 2019 in Tobin Park after somebody noticed vultures circling close by and located a cranium. He had a scorpion tattoo on his higher again. He was carrying a black T-shirt that had an image of Jeff Hanneman from the band Slayer when he was discovered contained in the downtown park.
Investigators additionally discovered a second decomposed physique about 75 yards away from the place that cranium was positioned, close to the park’s Oakwell Trailhead.
To examine extra unidentified individuals in Bexar County and throughout the U.S., go to the web database Nationwide Lacking Unidentified Individuals System (NamUs).
For those who acknowledge or have details about any of those individuals, contact the investigative part of the Medical Examiner’s Workplace at 210-335-4011.
